Nuclear Medicine Residency New Program Requirements Daniel J. Lee, MD, Chair Nuclear Medicine Program Directors Meeting 2015 SNMMI Midwinter Meeting San Antonio, TX January 23, 2015
New Program Requirements Crash review of new NM PR as of 7/1/14 Case logs New NM PR as of 7/1/15 New NM PR as of 7/1/16
Changes effective for NM as of July 1, 2014 NAS (Phase 1 programs on 7/1/13) Milestones Clinical Competency Committee (CCC), from Common PR 7/1/13 Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Program New PR PD & faculty General program Resident eligibility Program performance Greater documentation, greater detail Emphasis on outcomes: competence, patient care, and quality
Case Log Requirements 7/1/14 Removal of requirement to log each and every case Removal of requirement to log faculty member & case ID Continuing requirement to log: Oral I-131 therapies Parenteral therapies Cardiac stress procedures Therapeutic procedures (all) Myocardial stress procedures (all?) Pediatric cases
New PR as of 7/1/15: CCC Members Doesn’t apply to NM but to chief residents in other specialties, e.g., an internal medicine resident who stays for an extra year to serve as an administrative chief.
New PR as of 7/1/16: Resident Eligibility
Eligibility for those with certain other prior training
Fellowship Eligibility
Exceptional Fellowship Candidates
Exceptional International Graduate Candidates
Summary As of 7/1/14, Next Accreditation System (NAS) and changes to Case Log requirements As of 7/1/15, make up of Clinical Competency Committtee (CCC) Note: Appointment of a chief resident to CCC does not apply to NM As of 7/1/16, resident eligibility requirements and ‘exceptional’ candidates
References NM Program Requirements as of 7/1/14: http://www.acgme.org/acgmeweb/Portals/0/PFAssets/ProgramRequirements/200_nuclear_medicine_0701 2014.pdf Guidelines for NM Case Logs: http://www.acgme.org/acgmeweb/Portals/0/PFAssets/ProgramResources/Guidelines_for_NM_Resident_Ca se_Log_Entry_092014.pdf NM Program Requirements as of 7/1/15 (tracked changes copy): http://www.acgme.org/acgmeweb/Portals/0/PFAssets/ProgramRequirements/CPRs_07012015_TCC.pdf NM Program Requirements as of 7/1/16 (tracked changes copy): http://www.acgme.org/acgmeweb/Portals/0/PFAssets/ProgramRequirements/CPRs_07012016_TCC.pdf